A GRANDAD grew cannabis valued at £1million on a farm and in his car repair garage.

Published 2nd February 2018

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JAILED: Grandad David Collier's cannabis farm was valued at £1million

David Collier, 70, stopped growing his vegetables and instead harvested the drug to combat his arthritis pain.

But Collier, three times wed and with eight grandkids, also sold the drug cut-price to other users in Plymouth, making £68,000 profit.

At Plymouth Crown Court he admitted two counts of producing a Class B controlled drug between 2011 and 2016. He was jailed for three and a half years.

Julia Cox, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said police who raided AJ Motors in May 2016 could smell the cannabis coming from a portable cabin.

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“He is ashamed of what he has done”

Ali Rafati

She said: "Officers found a sophisticated, well-planned cannabis grow with a hydroponic and light system."

The barrister added that police then searched Broomage Farm at Drakelands and found two sheds given over to cannabis production - though there were no crops.

Ali Rafati, defending, said: "The quantities escalated and there was a financial element which was attractive when his business was not doing so well."

Collier has been married three times and has four children and eight grandchildren.

Mr Rafati added: "He is ashamed of what he has done. The family became aware of what he had done when the police conducted those raids."

Jailing him for three years and four months, Judge Paul Darlow said: "Over about four years you ran a relatively sophisticated operation producing commercial quantities of cannabis. I am going to keep this as short as I possibly can."